Mark L. Grawe

Carrols Corp. operates fast food restaurants in the United States, as a franchisee of Burger King Corporation. The company owns and operates restaurants under the Burger King brand. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Syracuse, NY.

Regent Energy Corp. owns and operates crude oil producing properties in the Four Corners Area of New Mexico and owns non-operating interests in crude oil and natural gas properties on the Outer Continental Shelf Area of the Gulf of Mexico. The Company's business includes the acquisition and production of proved crude oil and natural gas reserves as a means to increase company value. Its headquarters is located at Houston, TX.

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

The Sheridan Group, Inc. provides printing and publishing services. Its printing services include transferring content onto printing plates in pre-press, printing the content on press, binding the printed pages into the finished product and distributing the finished product to either the customer or the ultimate end user. The firm specializes in web, offset, digital printing and publishing technologies, eBook conversion and distribution, composition and editorial services for journal publishers, mobile content solutions, journal, magazine, catalog and book printing. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.

Petro Capital Securities LLC is an investment banking firm and SEC-registered broker/dealer. It provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Sanders Morris Harris LLC (SMH) is an SEC-registered broker-dealer and member FINRA, SIPC, located in Houston, Texas. The firm is also an SEC-registered investment advisor. SMH was formed in January 2000 as the result of a merger between Sanders Morris Mundy, Inc. and Harris Webb & Garrison, Inc. The firm is now wholly-owned by Summer Wealth Management LLC. The ultimate principal owners of Summer Wealth Management, LLC are Lee Equity Partners LLC and The Edelman Financial Center, Inc. through intermediaries. SMH provides provides brokerage, asset management and similar services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations and other business entities.

Texas Yale Capital Corp., do-business-as Yale Capital Corp. (YCC), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded by Cheyne Pace in 2004. YCC provides portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals/families, private investment funds, and US institutions.

Edgen Group, Inc. distributes specialty steel products to the global energy sector. Its products include engineered steel pipe, valves, quenched and tempered and heavy plate, and related components. It primarily serves customers, which operates in the upstream such as conventional and unconventional exploration, drilling and production of oil & natural gas in both onshore and offshore environments; midstream such as gathering, processing, fractionation, transportation and storage of oil and natural gas, and downstream end-markets for oil and natural gas such as refining and petrochemical applications. The company also serves power generation, civil construction and mining applications, which have a similar need for its technical expertise in specialized steel and specialty products. It operates through two operating segments: Energy and Infrastructure Products, and Oil Country Tubular Goods. The Energy and Infrastructure Products segment distributes engineered pipe, plate, valves and related components to upstream, midstream, downstream and select power generation, civil construction and mining customers. The Oil Country Tubular Goods segment provides premium oil country tubular goods to the upstream conventional and unconventional onshore drilling markets in the United States. The company was founded on December 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

Edgen Murray Corp. manufactures and distributes steel products. It offers global vendor network, pipe and tube, piling solutions, valves, fabricated components, project management, cutting and coating and finishing services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Leucadia Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 as Jefferies Private Client Advisers LLC. They changed their name to Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC in 2006 and to Leucadia Asset Management LLC in 2021. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). LAM provides advisory services to high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

Jefferies Capital Partners (Jefferies Capita Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Jefferies LLC founded in 1994 by Brian P. Friedman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (Investment Management) (Jefferies-IM) is the asset management division of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1968 as Talcott National Corp. and became Leucadia National Corp. in 1980. They change their name into Jefferies Financial Group in 2018. Jefferies-IM offers predominantly institutional clients an innovative range of investment strategies through its affiliated asset managers.

Part of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc., Jefferies Randall & Dewey is a financing advisory company. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Edgen Murray II LP distributes specialty steel products. Its services include profiling, cutting, shot blasting, coating and finishing and testing. The company was founded on April 3, 2007 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. provides financial regulatory services. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded by Richard B. Jennings, Vince Means.

B&T Capital Management, Inc. (dba Alpha Capital Management) is an independent, fee-only registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by Buddie Ballard and Michael Turner in 2002. Alpha Capital Management provides comprehensive wealth management services to individuals, families, endowments and trusts.

Founded in 2005, Jefferies Capital Partners LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City.

Vitesse Energy LLC engages in the acquisition and development of non-operated oil and gas assets. The company was founded in April 2014 and is headquartered in Centennial, CO.

OneEnergy Partners LLC engages in the acquisition and development of upstream oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. The company was founded by Leo Slootsky, David Ramsden-Wood and Brandon Edward White and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

B&D White Capital Co. LLC (dba Coyle Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2014, Coyle Capital develops individualized portfolios for high-net-worth individuals, family office groups, and multi-generational families.

Vitesse Oil LLC engages in acquisition and development of non-operated oil and gas assets. It acquires and develops leasehold properties and converts undeveloped drilling locations into cash flow producing assets by partnering with operators. The company was founded in August 2013 and is headquartered in Centennial, CO.

Part of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc., Leucadia Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd. is a diversified alternative asset management platform that offers institutional clients an innovative range of investment strategies through its affiliated asset managers. The company is based in Central, Hong Kong. The Chinese company focuses on strategic alignment across its asset managers and institutional investors, providing them with access to stable long-term capital, robust operational infrastructure, and distribution. The company serves a diverse investor base that includes sovereign wealth funds, public and corporate pensions, insurance companies, foundations, endowments, and other institutional investors.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).